SOLWAY NEWS
By Jimmy Graham
Well lad’s here we go again, the start of the 2013 season but the way things are going with the weather, what with snow, rain and gales most fanciers are finding it impossible to get any training done. We’ve only had one good day in the last three weeks here in the south-west.
As I write these notes the racing is only one week away but with our first race only forty-three miles at Appleby I don’t think they’ll come to any harm. I myself will be entering thirty birds.
Well the race turned out fine and I’ve thirty out of thirty home. Now let’s get on with the race results.
Liberated at 10.45am into a light south-west wind, the 1,760 birds sent by 85 members had six birds make it home with velocities into the 1500s.
R.V.Graham of Langholm led the way with his two-year old Blue Bar Cock recording a winning velocity of 1550.9.
Raymond White of Gretna is 2nd Open doing 1536.
J.Ferguson of Eastriggs is 3rd on 1529
J.Dalgliesh of Hoddam is 4th with 1528.
Mr & Mrs J.Graham of Hoddam take 5th, 7th and 8th Open doing 1500, 1499 and 1498.
G.A. & L.Firth of Lockerbie has two in with velocities of 1500 and 1490.
Ralston Graham is 9th with his second bird doing 1492.
Club Results:
Hoddam F.C. 8/148
Timing a good bird here is Jimmy Dalgliesh with a velocity of 1528. Jimmy’s winner is a three-year old Chec Hen and also took 4th Federation.
Timing the next three is Mr & Mrs J.Graham. I timed a two two-year olds and a yearling to take 5th, 7th and 8th Federation on velocities of 1500.6, 1499.1 and 1498.6.
With four pair of eyes looking South-West from the loft we saw a bird coming straight ahead and timing in. When I nipped up to the loft to check it’s time on the ETS I discovered another three birds had already timed in four minutes earlier and not one of us had spotted them. Thank God for the ETS system!
Lockerbie H.C. 7/198
Starting off where they left off last year is the lofts of G.A.& L.Firth; they timed two good birds to take 1st and 2nd Club, 6th and 10th Federation. Velocities were 1500.5 and 1490.
Kenny Thomson takes 3rd on 1443 and Davy Robinson is 4th doing 1437.
Brydekirk H.C. 5/73
R.J.B.Renwick takes the gold here doing 1347 with another taking 3rd spot on 1301.
Scaife & Garner take 2nd doing 1315 and H.Dobie is 4th on 1273.
Springfield H.C.
R.White won this one doing 1536 with a young yearling Hen.
W.F.Van Nuil times the next two doing 1480 and 1479.
Mr & Mrs Gus Power is 4th on 1476.
Eastriggs H.C. 11/283
Well done to Jim Ferguson winning this one with a good velocity of 1529, followed by A.McMillan doing 1477.
L.Mitchell is 3rd on 1435 and Nelson & Holladay are 4th doing 1369.
Annan H.C. 14/273
The ‘Pipeman’ takes this one on a velocity of 1402, well done J.F.McCarton!
A.Simmons takes 2nd and 4th doing 1352 and 1300.
Crombie & Mechan are 3rd on 1307.
Dumfries F.C. 9/182
A good win here for the partnership of Krause & Charteris timing two birds to take 1st and 2nd Club doing 1411 and 1406, both birds being two-year old Hens.
Mr & Mrs Karl Guenther and grandson had the next three (all yearlings) with velocities of 1402, 1401 and 1400. This grandson of yours will pull you out of a hole Karl!
Nith Valley H.C. 12/216
Well done to the loft of A.Russell, his winner is a two year old Hen which recorded a velocity of 1406 just piping W.J.Smith whose yearling Grizzle Cock came in on 1405.
J.Russell comes in 3rd with a G.B. Blue yearling Cock doing 1400.
Albert Hay takes 4th on 1399 timing a yearling Mealy Cock.
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